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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,

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an in-depth, interactive study

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of the Word of God.

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I'm glad you joined us
we're in the middle

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of a series on "The gospel in Galatians."

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Actually, we just started,

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but we're already learning amazing lessons

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for our lives today,

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The precious Good News,

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and how when we try to share it,

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sometimes people resist the truth

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as it is in Jesus.

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Our topic today: Paul's Authority
and Gospel,

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and there are amazing lessons for us.

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So we're glad you joined us
for Hope Sabbath School.

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And hello to the team;
we're back again.

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The Gospel in Galatians,

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what did we learn

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from the first part of our series

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about Paul being transformed?

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What was the most important
takeaway lesson for you?

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Well, we'll share that as we study today.

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I hope you were with us.

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If you missed the first part
of this series,

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you can go to our website:
hopetv.org/hopess.

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You can watch part one

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of "The Gospel in Galatians."

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And we're always happy to hear from you.

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You can write to us at sshope@hopetv.org.

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Here are just a few emails.

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You know, we know of 150 countries.

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You say, "Derek, how do you know?"

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Well, we have one Android app

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that's being used in 150 countries,

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so there's a lot of people joining us

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for Hope Sabbath School.

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And we've got an Apple app.

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By the way, for those of you

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who have an iPhone or an iPad,

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you can download Hope Sabbath School.

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It's free, and you can access the program.

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Got an email just a few weeks ago

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from someone who in China watched
one program,

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went back and watched 100 hours

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of interactive Bible studies
in our archives.

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So it's there for you.

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Here are a few notes.

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One from Albert in Namibia,

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that's former German West Africa,

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you know, just north of South Africa,

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and Albert writes, "It's so edifying

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to watch and listen

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to you explain the Bible so clearly.

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My wife and I enjoy

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your Bible study every Friday evening

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in preparation for the Sabbath.

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I am a teacher, and I gain

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a lot of knowledge from your classes,

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which I apply during my class," good?

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That's what we want, download the outline.

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"What I want to know is

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whether your class is consisting

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of all student pastors

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because you all seem to know the Bible."

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I guess you could tell, Albert, by the way

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that everybody laughed

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that they're not all student pastors.

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"May the Good Lord continue blessing

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and giving you spiritual wisdom

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as you share the Good News

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with the whole world," amen?

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) So what's the takeaway there?

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And the answer is,

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we can all do something for Jesus, right?

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Whether we're teachers or counselors

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or physicians or homemakers

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or construction workers or pastors, right?
Bible teachers.

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We can all do something for Jesus.

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Thanks for writing to us, Albert.

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Here's a note from Kwasi in Ghana.

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Anyone with Ghanaian roots?

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Oh, Joshua! Ghanaian roots, all right.

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Have a little wave here for Kwasi. Okay.

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"I live in Accra," he writes.

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"Your Sabbath School discussion

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has made me an extraordinary Christian

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and has blessed me.

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It's built my personal relationship
with Jesus."

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) "It's made me a Bible student!"

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This is all good, isn't it?

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"It's helped me organize

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some children in my community

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to share the Word of God with them."

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It gets better and better,
doesn't it, Mario?

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"Every Sunday morning we do exercise

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with the children also

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to strengthen our physical bodies."

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It sounds like a pretty holistic approach,
right?

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Teach the Word of God,

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help them to be healthy.

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"It's my desire that the Hope
Sabbath School discussion

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will be translated
into different languages

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around the world; the program is amazing."

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Well, I want to tell you

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that it's already happening

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in different part of the world,

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that Hope Sabbath School

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is being broadcast in other languages,

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also with closed captioning,

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but you pray for us, Kwasi,

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because we're praying it could go

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to every nation, kindred, tongue,
and people.

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Thanks for being part of the miracle.

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Here's a note from Ludwig in Peru.

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He's written to us before.

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Ludwig says, "I'm always instructed

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by your Friday evening Bible study.

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I thank God for all of you.

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This program is so didactic
and instructive."

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I think he looked up a few words there
for us.

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"Big hug to all of you,

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and God bless you all," amen?

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) Thanks for writing.

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I know, Ludwig, you said

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you've been learning

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a lot of English, too,

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while you've been watching the broadcast.

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Here's a note from Tammy in New Jersey

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in the United States of America.

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She says, "Thank you so much

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for what you do; it's an encouragement.

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I love Hope Sabbath School.

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I watched the first episode

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of Hope Sabbath School in December 2016

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during a Sabbath school breakfast

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I'd planned for our church.

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I'd heard of Hope Channel,

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but not having a television,

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I'd never seen it before

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and never seen Hope Sabbath School.

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Well, I loved it, and I was thrilled

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when I found out you could get it online."

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It's easy; you can get the app,

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or you can watch it online,
hopetv.org/hopess.

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And she concludes, "May God
continue abundantly

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to bless your ministry.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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I love being a member

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of Hope Sabbath School."

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) All right, and by the way,

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she's involved in a children's ministry

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there in New Jersey,

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and so she can do

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an interactive Bible study with us

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as part of Hope Sabbath School.

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One last note, from Trinidad and Tobago.

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That's in the beautiful Caribbean.

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Just a short note, Leslie Ann writes

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and says, "I'm from the island
of Trinidad and Tobago."

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I guess that's considered one country,
isn't it?

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"I enjoy watching and doing the lesson.

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I also enjoy watching Jason

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sing the Scripture songs."

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Well, Jason, why don't you wave
to Leslie Ann,

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and we're going to sing

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the Scripture song right now, actually.

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We've got a brand new song for this series

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from the gospel in Galatians.

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It's taken from Galatians, chapter 2,

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which says, "I have been crucified
with Christ,

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and I no longer live,

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but Christ lives in me," it's a miracle.

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If you haven't learned the song,

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go to our website, download the song,

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the sheet music, so you can sing along.

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We're going to sing it right now.

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♪ music ♪

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(Derek) There's so much included

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in that one verse in Galatians 2:20,21.

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The Son of God loves you

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and gave Himself for you;
isn't that awesome?!

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I just want to pray

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that Jesus would be lifted up today

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as we study the gospel in Galatians.

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Father in Heaven, thank You.

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Thank You that God so loved the world

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that You sent Your one and only Son

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that whoever believes in Him
should not perish

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but have everlasting life.

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We see sickness and death all around us.

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We know that sin

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brings death and destruction,

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but I thank You

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that You've given us hope in Your Word

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even today, hope in Jesus.

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And I pray as we study

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the Gospel in Galatians,

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as we study Paul's authority and gospel,

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that You would work in supernatural ways

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in each of our hearts,

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Hope Sabbath School members

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all around the world.

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May lives be blessed today

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to bring honor to Your name.

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I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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(Team) Amen.

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(Derek) Now before we go
into Paul authority,

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I want to go back

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to our previous study, Nicole.

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How could it be

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that God could take a rebel

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who was forcing people

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to blaspheme and wreaking havoc

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(you remember that word?)
in the church

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and call him "My chosen servant"

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to be an ambassador

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for the Gospel message?

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How can that happen?

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(Nicole) Because God loves each and every
one of us and wants us all to be saved.

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And so He uses us wherever we are to
spread His Word to those He wants to save.

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In terms of this case, He knew he was
a Zealot, even if it was a Zealot

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in the time before he was transformed,
and he was doing evil things.

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God knew that he was a Zealot
and when he was actually changed,

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he'd be a Zealot for Him.

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And so God was like, "I know the end
from the beginning, and so, therefore,

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this person's going to be the person
I need at this time to bring my Word

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to those who need it."

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(Derek) Is that encouraging?

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That God sees the potential

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even in the midst of all our stumblings?

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We're going to talk about Paul

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as he writes now.

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Many think this was

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one of the earliest documents

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that we have in what we call
the New Testament,

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about 49-50 A.D.

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And it's written because of a problem
in the church,

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but by then, even at that time,

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we're going to see

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that the Christian church recognized

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the Holy Spirit working in this man,

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name changed from Saul of Tarsus to...?

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(Team) Paul.

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(Derek) Paul the Apostle.

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So let's start in 2 Peter, chapter 3.

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We're going to come back
to Galatians here,

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but Jonathan, would you read for us

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2 Peter 3, verses 15 and 16.

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I want you to listen carefully as Peter,

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in some ways a little humorous,

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he says, "Paul is not always easy
to understand,"

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but there's a testimony

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about the authority of his work.

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(Jonathan) I'm reading
from the New International Version:

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(Derek) So, I've always read that

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and though, "Oh, it's not always easy

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to understand Paul," which is true.

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Sometimes I read a text, and I go,

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"What does that mean?"

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Maybe I need to come

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to Hope Sabbath School

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and get a little help

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from sisters and brothers.

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But there were a couple
of little phrases there

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that showed that Peter,

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one of the church leaders and apostle,

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recognized the work of the Apostle Paul

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as being from God.

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What did you hear?

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Laurel, did you hear something

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that caught your attention?

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(Laurel) It just was amazing that Peter,

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who was part of the original 12
with Jesus,

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recognized that Paul was also called,

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even though he wasn't with Christ

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when He was physically on Earth.

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(Derek) That's right; He wasn't

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one of the twelve, right?

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So he has seen something in his ministry.

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Didn't Jesus say, "By their fruit..."

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(Derek, Team) "...you shall know them."

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So he had seen something

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from the fruit of his ministry

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that said, "He's an apostle."

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What does <i>apostle</i> mean, by the way?
Do you know?

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One who's sent out, right?

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"He's an apostle of Jesus Christ," okay?

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What else, even in the wording
of the passage,

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did you see something?

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Christine and then Marcus.

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(Christine) It says here in verse 15

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that God gave Paul the wisdom
and the knowledge...

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(Derek) Aha, wisdom, I think the way
Jonathan read it,

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wisdom comes from God, all right?

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Anywhere else, a little clue, Jason?

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(Jason) In verse 16, he talks about those

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who twist and distort the meaning,

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and he's saying they do it

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to their own destruction.

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And so, you can deduce from that,

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if you understand it correctly,

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that's the way to salvation.

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He's preaching the message of God.

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(Derek) That's an interesting thought,

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and actually there's another phrase
attached to there

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which is important, too.

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Did you notice it, Peter?

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(Peter) It says, "as the rest
of the Scripture."

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(Derek) Okay, so he's including
Paul's testimonies,

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not only as a wisdom from God
like Christine said

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but as part of Scripture, God breathed.

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It's Peter who says all Scripture

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is God breathed, right?

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No private interpretation,

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as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

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All right, but that's interesting.

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Also, implicitly he's saying,

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"If you listen, it's for your salvation,"

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that gives it authority.

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"If you twist it,

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it's for your destruction."

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All right, so Paul is recognized

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by at least Peter, but I think

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we could say by the Christian community.

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God's at work in him,

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and God is speaking through him.

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We're going to look at one of his letters
in this series,

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the gospel to the Galatians.

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The standard format of a letter...

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did you find this from your study?

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What's the standard format of a letter

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back in those times, Tricia Lee?

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(Tricia Lee) I don't know about back then,

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but I do know like when you're
in grammar school,

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you're taught that you start
with a greeting...

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(Derek) Okay.

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(Tricia Lee) ...or some type
of salutation,

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and then you have who it's to

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and then the subject of the message,

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and you kind of end off with some type of,
you know...

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(Derek) Farewell or closing remark or?

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Is that pretty much, Jason,

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the way it looked in these letters

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during the New Testament era?

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(Jason) Largely yes, and you generally

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start with the positive, too.

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So you'll say, "Oh, you guys,

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this is a nice thing about you,"

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whether you're writing a letter now

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or these letters of Paul.

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They're always saying,

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"This is a good thing that you have,"

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"This is what I like about you."

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(Derek) That would probably

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still work today, right?

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If you've got a problem with someone,

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you can say, "Here's some things

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I really appreciate about you, but,"

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and talk about a problem.

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And that's pretty much standard format,

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greeting, some word of thanksgiving,

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body of the letter,

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and then some closing remark,

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and typically with Paul

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it would include, "the grace of the Lord

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be with you," right, something like that.

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Let's see how he begins

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the letter to the Galatians.

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Galatians, chapter 1, verses 1 and 2,

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and, Alyssa, if you'd read that for us,

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and then we'll compare that.

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If someone could find
Ephesians 1, verse 1,

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and Colossians 1, verse 1,

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let's see if they're similar

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or if there are some differences.

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By the way, all of those letters

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were written by the Apostle Paul.

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(Alyssa) In the New International Version
it says:

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(Derek) Okay, that's his greeting there.

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Keep that in mind.

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Does someone have Ephesians?

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Joshua, chapter 1 and verse 1.

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(Joshua) I'll be reading from the New
King James Version.

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The Bible says:

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(Derek) All right, so that's to the church
in Ephesus,

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then he writes to the church in Colossae,

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we call that Colossians, Marcus, verse 1.

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(Marcus) I'll be reading from the King
James Version:

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(Derek) So what did they have in common,

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those three opening salutations?

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What did they have in common?

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(Team Member) He's an apostle.

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(Derek) Okay so, Paul, an apostle,
gives his name

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like we do even today, right?

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Gives the name and says

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he's an apostle of Jesus.

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What was different, Mario?

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What did you see different

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in the Galatian intro?

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(Mario) He expounds on that.

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He says not by the will of man

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but of God, you know.

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So you can tell

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that he needs to clarify something.

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(Derek) Why would he have to do that,
anybody?

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He didn't do it to Ephesus or to Colossae.

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Why would he have to do that for Galatia,
Alyssa?

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(Alyssa) This is still early.

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Remember, he had to go to all those places

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and represent himself anew

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to each new church,

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so maybe he was still kind of having
to defend

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that God did call him.

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(Derek) Possibly, of course we haven't

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read the letter yet, have we?

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That is a possibility, though.

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He's like, "You may not know me,"

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but actually there's something else